NAME

       HTMLDocument::getAttribute - Gets an attribute value from a HTML element

SYNOPSIS

       Maybe<String> getAttribute( ElementTree element, String name )

ARGUMENTS

       element The HTML element

       name The attribute name

DESCRIPTION

       Gets an attribute value from a HTML element, or nothing if the attribute is not set.

    case getAttribute(el,"class") of {
        nothing -> setClass(el,"recentchange");
        | just(c) -> setClass(el,c+" recentchange");
    }

AUTHORS

       Kaya  standard  library  by  Edwin  Brady,  Chris  Morris  and  others  (kaya@kayalang.org).  For further
       information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the  terms  of
       the  GNU  Lesser  General  Public  License  (version  2.1  or any later version) as published by the Free
       Software Foundation.

RELATED

       HTMLDocument.setAttribute (3kaya)

Kaya                                                July 2013                   HTMLDocument.getAttribute(3kaya)